11. Take occasional breaks. Yes its sometimes a good idea to get out of the zone. I can't tell you how many times I have written a 500 or so lines of code and

11. Take occasional breaks. Yes its sometimes a good idea to get out of the zone. I can't tell you how many times I have written a 500 or so lines of code and realized after taking a break I was going down the wrong path or was thinking about the problem incorrectly.